Key:
Introduction:
E A
I gave up cartoons on Saturday
B A
Quarter a piece for pinecones is what Grandma paid
E A
Walkin' 'round the backyard with a Kroger sack
B A
Thinkin' about how much I'd make once it was packed
B C#m A
Five dollars to an eight-year-old would buy the world
B A
But what I learned back then taught me so much more
B C#m A
'Cause nobody wanted nothin' from me 'cause I had nothin' to give
B C#m A
Just my whole life before me that I can't wait to live
B C#m A
Nowadays, lookin' back on a life that's halfway gone
F#m Em A
Lord, I wish that I could be back home
B E A B A
Pickin' up pinecones
E A
I gave up drinkin' a couple years ago
B A
Gave back most the stuff that I got on thе road
E A
I found out dreams are like fairwеather friends
B A
And when you finally wake up, they're gone again
B C#m A
Well, thank God I held on to a little piece of my soul
B C#m A
And after all this time, it's all I got to show
B C#m A
'Cause nobody wanted nothin' from me 'cause I had nothin' to give
B C#m A
Just my whole life before me that I can't wait to live
B C#m A
Nowadays, lookin' back on a life that's halfway gone
F#m Em A
Lord, I wish that I could be back home
B E A B A
Pickin' up pinecones
E A
When I give my last breath and my life is gone
B A
Lord, I'll be glad to be back home
E
Pickin' up pinecones